Published on October 4, 2011
in DPack.
New DPack version 3.0.15 is available now. This is another maintenance release.
Here’s what’s new and fixed in this version:
- Modified File Browser and Solution Backup to be able to process projects w/o file code model. That should open up ompatibility with IronPython, Lightswitch, etc. projects.
- Added new Solution Backup file name date format macro.
- Fixed Visual Studio 2010 regression in Code, File and Solution browsers .designer files handling.
The new version is available at www.usysware.com/dpack/. Enjoy.
Sergey @ USysWare
Published on September 14, 2011
in DPack.
Just posted new DPack version 3.0.15 beta 2, which is gonna run for the next 20 days or so. It includes an important change, which I wanted to get tested a bit more before pushing it out. A bit of explanation is needed about the nature of the changes I made.
Most of the features in DPack rely on Visual Studio file code model (FCM) for project language discovery. Project language is used to match the project to the ones which are fully supported by DPack, C#, VB, etc. Once match’s made DPack can then determine if such and such file in the project a code one or not, and thus, if its code model (CM) can be retrieved. That code model is used by features like Code and Solution Browser, for instance, to discover file members.
So, if project’s file code model is not available then DPack skips the project processing. In other words, this project file code model reliance prevents DPack from being able to process non-supported projects like IronPythin or newly released Lightswitch for instance. In reality this behavior is perfectly fine for the features that rely on individual file code model but makes little sense for the ones that don’t utilize it. For instance, File Browser and Solution Backup shouldn’t care about project’s language, as all they do is either open files or back them up.
The changes I’ve made relax File Browser and Solution Backup file code model reliance. From here on these feature should be able to get to any project file, as long as those files are exposed/accessible via Visual Studio extensibility. In case of File Browser, most/all of those type of files will show up as non-code ones, so make sure to toggle All/Code Files option. All this means that projects like Lightswitch, IronPython, etc. will be (partially) supported now.
Hope this makes sense. Please report any problems you run into. Thanks.
DPack 3.0.15 (beta 2) for VS 2008
DPack 3.0.15 (beta 2) for VS 2010
Enjoy.
Sergey @ USysWare
Published on September 4, 2011
in DPack.
Been thinking about this for some time now and I think I’m gonna green light Open Sourcing DPack. In the end, I’d rather see new life and new ideas injected into that than not. I’ll need a few weeks to prepare the source code base. I’m sure it’ll take some time to get the builds setup so there may be an initial delay between having it posted and the next GA release.
I’ll also need to figure out how to handle company name, installation, registry key(s), copyright notice, EULA, old web site, etc changes. I actually am not sure how these type of things transition into OSS world. So, please reply if you have any references. I’d appreciate that.
The new home of DPack should be dpack.codeplex.com, once all is up and running that is. So, keep an eye out for it.
In preparation to OSS DPack I’ve pushed out the last maintenance update v3.0.13 to tie all loose ends. Additionally, I’m sorry to report but v3.0.13 is gonna be the last one to support Delphi Prism/Chrome/Oxygene. Actually I’m not even sure it works now as it hasn’t been tested against Prism/Chrome/Oxygene for awhile now. All existing Delphi Prism/Chrome/Oxygene integration will be stripped out of the posted OSS DPack version. Just a heads up.
So, changes are coming. Stay tuned for more updates. Thanks.
Published on September 4, 2011
in DPack.
New DPack version 3.0.13 is available now. This is a small maintenance release.
Here’s what’s changed in this version:
- Fixed minor Solution Backup problem.
- Minor Delphi keyboard mapping scheme changes.
The new version is available at www.usysware.com/dpack/. Enjoy.
Sergey @ USysWare
Published on April 21, 2011
in DPack.
That is the question… Trying to convince myself one way or the other…
Sergey @ USysWare
Published on April 17, 2011
in DPack.
New DPack version 3.0.11 is available now. This is yet another maintenance release.
Here’s what’s fixed in this version:
- Fixed browsers Database Edition related problem.
- Fixed File Browser opened files mode search filter processing problem.
- Fixed File Browser .designer files handling in ‘files to ignore’ configuration option problem.
- Fixed several Code Browser C++ projects member name processing problems.
The new version is available at www.usysware.com/dpack/. Enjoy.
Sergey @ USysWare
